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Meee - 18 Nov 2007 21:39 GMT

I'm always getting glue on aircraft windshields & found a mention of
this stuff, when looking for something else...

http://www.novuspolish.com/polish_video.htm

I've heard talk of people using it for restoring scratched laptop
screens.

I wonder if it would restore aircraft windshields ?

DS

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Ray S. & Nayda Katzaman - 19 Nov 2007 17:54 GMT

> I'm always getting glue on aircraft windshields & found a mention of
> this stuff, when looking for something else...
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>
> DS

DS,
There is another product sold by Micro Mark (hard copy and web catalog),
called micro-mesh. It is a system comprised of progressively smaller
grits of sandpaper/cloth starting from around 800 grit to 12,000 grit
and a polishing liquid. I have used it on the windshield of a model car
and it worked pretty good. For A/C canopies I use clear glue (Testors
for canopies).

You can order it directly from Micro Mark or check and have your LOCAL
hobby shop order it for you if they do not carry it.

Cheers,

Ray
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Don Stauffer in Minnesota - 20 Nov 2007 15:05 GMT

On Nov 19, 11:54 am, "Ray S. & Nayda Katzaman" <rs...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> > I'm always getting glue on aircraft windshields & found a mention of
> > this stuff, when looking for something else...
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> Ray
> ===

My problems have been getting crazing on inside of canopies. Can't
fix those afterwards :-(

I have started gluing canopies on with epoxy, since I find both cement
and CA can craze clear acrylics.

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willshak - 20 Nov 2007 15:15 GMT

on 11/20/2007 10:05 AM Don Stauffer in Minnesota said the following:

> On Nov 19, 11:54 am, "Ray S. & Nayda Katzaman" <rs...@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
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>
>

Those that I did years ago were glued on with PVA (Elmers white glue).
Although the aircraft I packed away 25 some years ago lost wheels,
props, open canopies, ordnance, and other parts, the PVA glued closed
canopies are still attached.

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Pat Flannery - 20 Nov 2007 15:58 GMT

> Those that I did years ago were glued on with PVA (Elmers white glue).
> Although the aircraft I packed away 25 some years ago lost wheels,
> props, open canopies, ordnance, and other parts, the PVA glued closed
> canopies are still attached.

Testors makes a liquid glue specifically for gluing canopies and clear
parts on which works great. It comes in the same type of triangular
bottle their liquid cement uses:
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tes/tes3515c.htm

Pat

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willshak - 20 Nov 2007 19:01 GMT

on 11/20/2007 10:58 AM Pat Flannery said the following:

>> Those that I did years ago were glued on with PVA (Elmers white
>> glue). Although the aircraft I packed away 25 some years ago lost
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>
> Pat

I see it is water based. Probably Elmer's in a different package. :-)

Future floor finish (you've probably never heard of it :-) ) also has
some gluing properties.

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Pat Flannery - 20 Nov 2007 19:26 GMT

> I see it is water based. Probably Elmer's in a different package. :-)

No, it's not Elmers... it seems to have a lot in common with a
thinned-down acrylic paint or transparent (it dries transparent, but is
milky-colored when wet) latex paint. It has very good adhesion and it
flexible to some extent.
If it gets wet after drying, it turns milky again but will re-dry clear.
Although you can clean it up with water when wet, it doesn't appear to
be truly water based as such.
If you've ever used Microscale Kristal-Klear, it's similar to a
thinned-down version of that.

Pat

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Larry Farrell - 19 Nov 2007 18:01 GMT

> I'm always getting glue on aircraft windshields & found a mention of
> this stuff, when looking for something else...
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> DS

Yes, using Novus polishes (you will need to work your downward from
the coarser grit to the finer one) will get rid of glue marks on
windshields but it is going to take some effort and the windshield
will *not* look as clear/shiny as it did originally. A dip in Future
may help with that; I've never tried it. Another issues is that glue
marks often occur on the interior of the canopy and you aren't going
to be able to get to them unless you remove the canopy from the
airplane. They are problematic enough when they appear on the
interior of an automobile windshield

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Idaho State University

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dancho - 19 Nov 2007 21:03 GMT

>> I'm always getting glue on aircraft windshields & found a mention of
>> this stuff, when looking for something else...
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> problematic enough when they appear on the interior of an automobile
> windshield

Future (Kleer,etc.) can work miracles. Try it!

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